Grantham Town host Consett and Harrowby United visit Dunkirk

Big games in their respective quests for the season lie ahead for Grantham Town and Harrowby United on Saturday.

The Gingerbreads are currently embroiled in a relegation battle in the Northern Premier League East Division.

They head into their final home game of the season on Saturday four points adrift of safety with five games of the campaign remaining.

Louis Bland's side host 10th-placed Consett at Meres with the Grantham head coach looking for his side to continue their recent upturn of form.

They have taken four points from their three league games and defeated relegation rivals Ossett United last Saturday before being beaten 2-1 at play-off chasing Carlton Town on Easter Monday.

Bland said: "The match on Monday was probably going to be our toughest game of the rest on paper and it now means we need to put back-to-back results together.

"We can do that and we showed on Monday that we're more than capable of it. We just need to fine-tune a few areas of the game and we'll be ok.

"We have to do that quickly though because time is running out and we need to start picking up more results than just performances."

Harrowby have a different goal in their sights as they are plotting promotion from the United Counties League Division One.

The Arrows are currently in the play-off places with four matches of their season remaining.

They are in a rich vein of form with five wins and a draw from their last six league games which has catapulted them into fourth spot.

And manager Jamie McGhee is full of praise for the efforts of his squad ahead of Saturday's tricky trip to fifth-placed Dunkirk.

He said: "We've already surpassed our season objective which was to secure more points than we finished with last year and I believe we have shown considerable progression.

"We've performed well in recent weeks even when we have had key players for a game.

"The team has shown great resilience and togetherness. Our squad strength and depth has ensured that we have ground out results.

"I'm extremely proud of this group of players. The commitment and selflessness they have shown at times has been unwavering.

"I am now challenging them all to take that leap, be brave, believe in their abilities and push hard to make the play-offs.

"We've given ourselves a great opportunity to make it happen. It is within our reach."

The Arrows did suffer an injury blow in Monday's win over Holwell Sports after Kyle Reek sustained a fracture above his right eye which required hospital treatment.